CreatetheProject

StartWorkbench.
Start>AllPrograms>ANSYS
14.0>Workbench14.0.
Thisworkshopusesthegeometry
createdinworkshop5aofthe
DesignModeler course.Openyour
savedproject(DMWS5a)anddrag
anddropaMeshingcomponent
systemontotheGeometryCell
(A2)asshown.
Ifyoudidnotcompletethis
workshop,acopyisprovidedin
theMeshingWorkshopsInput- Files
folder.
DoubleclickontheMeshCellB3to
startMeshingBackground
Thisworkshopwilldemonstratethe
practicalapplicationofANSYS
Meshingtoamixingtankmodel.
AccesstoDesignModeler isrequired.
Objectives
StartingANSYSMeshing
Generatingamesh
DecomposingforSweepMeshing
LocalSizing
UsingAdvancedSizeFunctions
UsingInflation
NamedSelections
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ProjectStartup
CreatetheProject
StartWorkbench.
Start>AllPrograms>ANSYS
14.0>Workbench14.0.
Thisworkshopusesthegeometry
createdinworkshop5aofthe
DesignModeler course.Openyour
savedproject(DMWS5a)anddrag
anddropaMeshingcomponent
systemontotheGeometryCell
(A2)asshown.
Ifyoudidnotcompletethis
workshop,acopyisprovidedin
theMeshingWorkshopsInput- Files
folder.
DoubleclickontheMeshCellB3to
startMeshing.
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SetUnits
FromthemainmenuselectUnitsand,ifitisnotalreadyset,
specifyMetric(m...).
Units
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ViewtheGeometry
ExpandtheGeometryObjectintheOutlineand
selectbothbodies(CTRLclicktomultipleselect).
IntheDetailsView,underGraphicsProperties
setTransparencyto0.5.
ClicktheMeshObjectintheOutline.

Geometry
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Preparation
Planning
Thisgeometrycontainstwosinglebodyparts,
aninnerbodycontainingtherotatingimpellor
and,astationaryouterbody.Thiswillresultin
anon- conformalinterfacewhichwillallowthe
impellortorotateinthesimulation.
Theimpellorbodyiscomplexandsothe
TetrahedronsMethodcombinedwith
AdvancedSizeFunctionstocapturecurvature
wouldbeagoodcandidate.
Inflationwillalsobeusedontheimpellor
surfacestocaptureboundarylayergradients.
Thesamemethodcouldbeappliedtothe
outerbody forsimplicity.However,some
simpleslicingoperationsinDesignModeler will
allowmoreefficientsweepmethodstobe
applied.
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GlobalMeshSettings
Mesh
InDetailsof Mesh ,setthefollowingunder
Defaults;
PhysicsPreference:CFD.
SolverPreference:FLUENT.
UnderSizing,set;
UseAdvancedSizeFunction:On:
Curvature.
RelevanceCenter:Fine.
LeaveallothersettingstoDefault.
Wewillapplyinflationlater.
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GenerateMesh
GeneratetheMesh.
Snaptothe+ZviewusingtheAxisTriad.
SelecttheSectionPlanebutton
Createasectionbyclicking, dragging
downandreleasingtodefineavertical
sliceasshown.
SnaptotheIso View.
InitialMesh
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ViewtheMeshInterior
Zoomintotheimpellerbodyasshown
usingtheBoxZoomTool.
TheAutomaticMethodhasappliedPatch
ConformingTetrahedronsrefiningfor
curvaturewhererequired.
TheNon- ConformalInterfacebetweenthe
impellerandtheouterbodyisclearly
visible.SwitchofftheSlicePlane.
Togaintheadvantagesofahexsweep
meshwe llneedtomakesomesimplebut
importantmodificationstothegeometry.
InitialMesh
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Planning

Toenabletheapplicationofsweephexmesh
methodsthegeometrywillbedecomposedin
DesignModeler.
Twosliceoperationswillbeperformed.
Thefirstwillusetheimpellerbodysidefaces
tosliceverticallythroughtheouterbody.
Thesecondwillslicethroughusingthe
XYPlane.
Thiswillleavefourouterannularbodies(two
shownhereforclarity)whichcanbeswept
meshedradially aroundtheaxisandonelower
cylindricalbodywhichcanbesweptmeshed
upwards.
Theimpellerbodywillbeleftinitsexistingform
andmeshedwithTetrahedrons